diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
index 2b8251c4e46..1675a5b2fad 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/cleanup.yaml
@@ -118,3 +118,8 @@
     - cri-o
     - cri-o-runc
     - oci-systemd-hook
+
+- name: CRI-O | Remove CRI-O package configuration files
+  file:
+    name: /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runc.conf
+    state: absent